ARAB-GERMAN YOUNG ACADEMYOF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES

Activities

‘Sprachkunst & Kunstsprache’: Salon Sophie Charlotte 2018

On 20 January 2018, the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BBAW) held its annual ‘Salon Sophie Charlotte’. AGYA participated in this prestigious event with a rich program of discussions, lectures and art performances.

Call for membership 2018

Activities

Launch of the 1st AGYA Science Comic

The 1st AGYA Science Comic was launched on 26 January 2018. The first mission of the AGYA Science Jinn is pictured in the graphic novel “The Rise of the Incredible Salty Salicornia Power Plant” about the next botanic superhero of our times – the powerful Halophyte.

Call For Memberschip 2018

We’re into the countdown! Looking for new AGYA members!

Until 3 April 2018, excellent young scholars are cordially invited to apply for membership in AGYA. In Arab-German teams, AGYA members initiate and implement innovative, interdisciplinary research projects for which the academy provides necessary resources.

Working group

Arab and German Education

Migration and flight open up a variety of chances, but cause at the same time major challenges to societies in the Arab world as well as in Europe. The AGYA Working Group would like to provide new impetus on migration issues and discuss on education across boarders.

Transformation

Working group

Health and Society

Cancer, diabetes, and heart conditions among other non-communicable diseases have dramatically increased in our societies. Why did these diseases widely spread? How do life style and nutrition influence such an increase?

Research Projects

The Arab-German Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities (AGYA) brings together excellent Arab and German scholars to face shared challenges and develop solutions through research cooperation.

Tandem Project

Youth Competition in the UAE: Entrepreneurship and Innovation Challenges in the 21st-Century

The “Entrepreneurship and Innovation Challenges in the 21st Century Forum” 2017 was an opportunity for Arab students to socialise and compete with their peers from other universities, engage with researchers and enhance their knowledge in the areas of their interest.

Working Group Project

AGYA Transformation Group visits EU and NATO in Brussels

In December 2017 AGYA members visited Brussels to discuss current challenges for EU-Arab Cooperation with high-level representatives of the European Commission, the European External Action Service, the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament and NATO.

Working Group Project

Math as a Global Factor: International AGYA Panel Discussion

Mathematics as a global factor of connectivity and social development – With this notion in mind, the Arab-German Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities (AGYA) together with Texas A&M University at Qatar organized an international panel discussion in Doha on ‘Mathematics and Internationalization: Innovative Approaches in Research and Education’ on 26 November 2017.

Call for Membership 2018

In this portrait, Salma Balazadeh explains how she benefits from being an AGYA member and how she initiated scientific collaborations between research groups from Arab and German countries – through and within the AGYA network of excellence.

Activities

Picture it! The Potential of Halophytes in Bioenergy Production

The 1st AGYA Science Comic was launched on 26 January 2018. The first mission of the AGYA Science Jinn is pictured in the graphic novel “The Rise of the Incredible Salty Salicornia Power Plant” about the next botanic superhero of our times – the powerful Halophyte.

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AGYA Connects Excellence in Research

How can we preserve cultural artifacts? How do young academics in Arab countries and Germany think about social robots in health care and domestic work? Find out more about the academy and the interdisciplinary collaborative research projects of the AGYA members!